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Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence, president of the Continental Congress (1779–81), and governor of Connecticut. He served in the Connecticut Assembly in 1765 and was appointed as a judge of the Superior Court in 1775.

On January 5, 1796, Samuel Huntington, the man who arguably served as the first president of the United States, died. Born in Scotland Parish (known today as Scotland , Connecticut), Huntington was a cooper’s apprentice before reading law and pursuing a career in public service.

Samuel Huntington ( July 16, 1731 [ O.S. July 5, 1731] – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.

HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL, JR. (4 Oct. 1765-7 June 1817), politician and Ohio's third governor, was born in Norwich, Conn., the son of Hannah (Devotion) and the Rev. Joseph Huntington. He was informally adopted by his uncle, Samuel Huntington, subsequently president of the Continental Congress and governor of Connecticut.

About SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, Connecticut’s first governor was born on July 3, 1731, in Windham, Connecticut. He attended Windham’s public school system irregularly and advanced his education through self-tutoring. At 22, Huntington studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1754. He practiced law, and first entered politics in Norwich, Connecticut.